Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 20:11:17 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Frederick W. Fallon" Subject: Am Biitern MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit While atlasing this am in Cheltenham Wetlands Park - in the heart of PG County and far from the Patuxent River marshes, and we hoping to flush maybe a Green Heron, we did indeed flush a medium-size heron but were astonished to find it to be an American ("Most") Bittern. Both we and the Bittern were very surprised, especially 3 weeks into safe dates. Well! Fred and Jane Fallon fwfallon@earthlink.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================